winning

[ win-ing ]
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noun
  1. the act of a person or thing that wins.

  2. Usually winnings . something that is won, especially money.

  1. Mining.

    • any opening by which coal is being or has been extracted.

    • a bed of coal ready for mining.

adjective
  1. that wins; successful or victorious, as in a contest: the winning team.

  2. charming; engaging; pleasing: a winning child; a winning smile.

Origin of winning

1
1250–1300; Middle English (noun); see win1, -ing1, -ing2

Other words for winning

Opposites for winning

Other words from winning

  • win·ning·ly, adverb
  • win·ning·ness, noun
  • un·win·ning, adjective

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How to use winning in a sentence

  • He put out his hand in the most cordial and friendly way, and greeted me with the most winning smile in the world.

  • On several occasions I have been engaged in proceedings before them, and not always on the winning side.

  • He laughed at her, and told her that he had abandoned the modern method of winning a mate, and gone back to the primitive mode.

    Raw Gold | Bertrand W. Sinclair
  • But you have given me such a fine idea for winning the prize Momsy and the other ladies are offering.

  • On returning to Paris his time was fully occupied in winning over the artillery to Bonaparte.

    Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-Pattison

British Dictionary definitions for winning

winning

/ (ˈwɪnɪŋ) /


adjective
  1. (of a person, character, etc) charming, engaging, or attractive: winning ways; a winning smile

  2. gaining victory: the winning stroke

noun
    • a shaft or seam of coal

    • the extraction of coal or ore from the ground

  1. (plural) money, prizes, or valuables won, esp in gambling

Derived forms of winning

  • winningly, adverb
  • winningness, noun

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